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FREDERICK s. FooTE, oF NEw YORK, vN. Y.

KNIFE.

llIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,821, dated January 8, 1889." Application filed August 27, 1888. Serial No. 283,879. (Nu model.)

To Aall whom t may concern.-

upper edge and sharpened near the angle l1 Be it known that l, FREDEHSIUK S. FOOTE, to form blar'lesf, by which the eyes of pol'a- 3 5 Vof the city, county, and State of NewYork, toes or depressions in any vegetable being have invented a new and lniprovi-ul Vegetablei pared may be cleaned and the skin removed.V 54 Knife, of which the following is a full, clear, llie handle A is faced with sheet metalplll, and exact description. f as shown clearly in Figs. l and E?, over the' i l lllyinvcntion consists of a novel knife con-, beveled portion and upon the under surface 4o structedlslhereinafterdeseribed and elaimed'i to obviate wear, and the lower surface of the whereby vegetables can easily and rapidly be I handle is made flat, as shown at G, to act as 1o pared without unnecessary waste. My new l a guard to prevent the knife (-2 from entering knife is also designed for dressin gand slicing the vegetaliile or ob ject being cleaned or sliced cocoanut. too great a distance. In paring this eiects a 45 Reference is tobe had 1o the accompanying great saving, and no attention need be paid drawings, forming a parl oi this specification, tothe work, as it .is impossiblelto eut too deep.v I5,in which similar letters of reference indieate I llavingthusdescribed myinven-tion,what I corresponding parts in all-the figures. Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Figure 1 is a perspective View of my new l Patent, is- 5o andiirnprove'd knife. Fig. 2 is a broken side The handleA, beveled at A and formed elevation of -the saine, and Fig; 23 is a perwith the guard -surface G, in combination 2o spective view' of the blade removed from the with the blade C, formed with side members, handle'. L c c, secured to handle A, and formed with the A represents die handleof ihe knife, made blade c2 parallel with the front edge, B, of the 55 by preference of wood and beveled at its front handle, substantially as described. end, as shownat A', to form the edge B on a 2. The handle A, beveled at its front end,

25 plane with the lower surface of the handle. I in combination with the blade C, having cut- C is the blade, forlned'with the side nie1ni ting-edge c and side members, c, formed at the bers, c c, by which it is secured to the handle upper edge. with the cutting-edge f, snbstan- 6o A. The central portion, c,v of 4the blade is tially as described. Y

formed with the cutting-edge c2, which stands FREDERICK s. FOUTE.

handle and projects slightly below it, asi Titnessesz shown clearly in Fig. 2. One or gboth of the H; A. WEST, L

, side members, c @of the blade are curved at the C. SEDGWICK. 

